https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30 Innovations to reduce plastics and debris in the world's oceans en-us 2018-11-30 19:59:36 UTC 2024-05-17 09:04:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312077403 Plastic waste in the sea isn't a common, little issue. It's a huge one, relatively difficult to picture. Which is the reason we manufactured a 82-foot-long blue whale made completely out of plastic waste. As a charitable committed to ensuring the sea, we needed to discuss a standout amongst the most essential issues we're right now confronting—plastic waste in the sea. Think about this: Every nine minutes, plastic weighing as much as a blue whale (around 300,000 pounds) winds up in the sea.]]> 2018-12-06 23:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312077403 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312078978 Aronax Technologies Spain proposes a magnetic additive that can be applied to a material, creating better air and moisture insulation – making it suitable to protect sensitive products such as coffee and medical products, while still being possible to recycle.
The additive – small, plate-like particles of silicates and iron oxide – will provide plastics with much better abilities to block gases such as oxygen. This works in a similar way to how state-of-the-art aluminium coating does today in non-recyclable multilayer materials, but in smaller quantities. The additive can be used in both recyclable and compostable plastics. Two examples of where this material could replace multilayers are toothpaste tubes and food and drink pouches.]]> 2018-12-07 00:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312078978 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312081100 Because of the magnetic properties of the additive particles, they can make it easier to identify and separate the packaging at the recycling stage. In addition, thanks to their magnetism, the particles could potentially be recovered separately in the future, by melting or dissolving the packaging and retrieving a purified polymer, while collecting the particles to be used again.]]> 2018-12-07 00:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312081100 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312087574 Yes , I think we can use this method in Canada as well because plastic has become hot potato issue here as well like Tim Horton and MC Donald cups  etc .But by the way of this innovation we can solve this problem as  this innovation has several advantages: • It is expected to use existing processing equipment without major adaptations • It allows mechanical separation and recycling, and could even enable separate recovery of the coating through a an additional process step • It uses only safe and common compounds • It can provide the insulation requirements necessary to replace multi-material laminates.

]]> 2018-12-07 01:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312087574 amanda_daugherty1 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312335284 Wilson is a 2000 foot floating pipe whose mission is to start collecting the plastic in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The innovation was created by the Ocean Cleanup Foundation. Wilson is said to act as a garbage truck of the ocean. WIlson is made up of two main components the floater which keeps the device afloat and the skirt, which act as a net .]]> 2018-12-07 17:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312335284 amanda_daugherty1 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312337323 Natural forces such as wind, waves and the current move the Wilson faster than the garbage allowing the plastic to be captured in the center of the system.]]> 2018-12-07 17:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312337323 amanda_daugherty1 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312340465 Once plastic accumulates within the center of the system, a vessel resturns to the site to collect the plastic]]> 2018-12-07 17:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312340465 amanda_daugherty1 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312346601 The Ocean clean up foundation estimates that Wilson will collect 50 tons of trash by April 2019 and clean 90% of the world’s ocean plastic by the year of 2040. The picture below shows how the ocean would look without cleanup. ]]> 2018-12-07 18:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312346601 amanda_daugherty1 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312347982 The picture below shows the outcome of the ocean with Wilson's cleanup]]> 2018-12-07 18:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312347982 amanda_daugherty1 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312350498 This Innovation could definitely be used in Hamilton Ontario. The lakes of Ontario are also polluted with plastics and garbage and could benefit from a system that can clean up the waters effectively. And since lakes are small than an ocean garbage would accumulate faster and the clean up would be more effective ]]> 2018-12-07 18:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312350498 amanda_daugherty1 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312352087 In conclusion, Wilson is a better innovation. If Wilson can effectively remove all debris from the oceans by 2019 it will solve the global crisis to ocean pollution and slowly reduce economic ,health and ecosystem issues.]]> 2018-12-07 18:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312352087 amanda_daugherty1 https://padlet.com/amanda_daugherty1/xzpfko805r30/wish/312353529 Aronax Technologies Spain - New Plastics Economy (en-GB). (2018). Retrieved from https://newplasticseconomy.org/innovation-prize/winners/aronax-technologies-spain

News, CBC. “Tim Hortons, Nestlé Named Canada's Top Plastic Polluters.” YouTube, YouTube, 10 Oct. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdfcOq4rcI

Ocean Cleanup. (n.d.). The Ocean Cleanup Technology. Retrieved from https://www.theoceancleanup.com/technology/




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